Postgame Press Conference

[ElNono]

Here:

http://www.nba.com/playoffs2009/live1/

[SpursFan0728]

thanks for sharing.

[alchemist]

Parker was pretty bold. Said the Mavs have more weapons offensively and if they don't play defense the Spurs have zero chance to win.

[ElNono]

I think we missed the coaches. I wanted to hear what Pop had to say.

[ducks]

Well TP just said that if we don't play defense we don't have any chance at all to beat Dallas. He said obviously Dallas or any other team when you make shots it gives you more energy and also helps you to play better defense. He said the Spurs cannot stop playing defense just because shots are not going on. The SPURS MUST play defense.

Is TP sending a message to Pop? I don't recall Pop saying anything about defense in his press conference.

[ElNono]

What did Pop say? I missed it.

[ducks]

What did Pop say? I missed it.

we missed shots

[ElNono]

we missed shots

I figured. Thanks!

[loveforthegame]

Would love to see Bowen in the starting lineup but who does he replace?

Finley? Bowen would make it difficult for Howard but that still leaves Barea to abuse Mason.

Mason? Bowen would take Barea out of the game but that still leaves Howard to abuse Finley.

We can't expect Bowen to help on Finley/Mason too.

And who does that leave to guard Terry when he comes into the game?

[lurker]

I think we missed the coaches. I wanted to hear what Pop had to say.

He was laughing and joking around, didn't seemed bothered the least bit.

[loveforthegame]

Some snippets:

Pop on pushing the stat sheet away:

“Have some mercy will ya?” Popovich said, laughing. “It’s bad enough I had to watch this. Now you’re going to make me look at the stat sheet?”

On pulling his starters with 7:42 left in the 3rd:

“I didn’t see where we were going to get back in that one,” Popovich said.

Duncan:

“This was an awful game,” Duncan said. “Hopefully I’ll come out here (Saturday) and be a leader.”

Parker:

"We have to play with a lot more energy,” Parker said. “That’s it.”

[SnakeBoy]

What did Pop say? I missed it.

He didn't say much. He was very jovial. Started off pushing the stat sheets off the table saying "do you really want me to look at this , c'mon have some mercy". Then said "not much to say, they kicked our asses" and then joked around some more.

[ducks]

“This was an awful game,” Duncan said. “Hopefully I’ll come out here (Saturday) and be a leader.”
if it is your team you ing should have brought it tonight and not mailed it in since joe was reffing

[raspsa]

Its a best-of-5 series and the mavs just are up 1-0 that's all. Funny how people overeact after a single loss.. wish it didn't turn out this way but the Spurs have responded well in this situation before I'll just just wait to see how the next game turns out. Pop's real cool in these types of situations.

[loveforthegame]

I'm not sure what's worse.

Pop joking around like they were up 30 points most the game or ...

Duncan talking about needing to be a leader and Parker talking about the team needing to come out with energy.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

“This was an awful game,” Duncan said. “Hopefully I’ll come out here (Saturday) and be a leader.”
if it is your team you ing should have brought it tonight and not mailed it in since joe was reffing

Are you mad because Tim Duncan had the gall to ASSUME he's the leader of this team, instead of saying it's Tony??

Did Duncan not satisfy you with that comment??

[NewJerSpur]

Well, we played pretty good defense in game 2 even with our current roster. Not an impossibility IMO.

[SouthTexasRancher]

Pop had the look of someone who knew something....like orders came down from Dictator Stern to make this series go 7 games so the Lakers have plenty of rest as they sweep each series before they get their butts kicked by the Cavs.

[NewJerSpur]

Pop had the look of someone who knew something....like orders came down from Dictator Stern to make this series go 7 games so the Lakers have plenty of rest as they sweep each series before they get their butts kicked by the Cavs.

I'd actually root for the Lakers in the event that reality materialized. I've stomached Kobe winning a ring in past years when he was slightly more pretentious. If LeBron wins, the universe shall collapse and every NBA team shall be forced in some goofy pregame dance-off or something.

EDIT: Still not giving up on my Spurs though, as bad as it's gotten.

[SnakeBoy]

No way I could ever root for Kobe. I'd have to root for the man child.

[SA210]

Duncans right about being a leader. That's right, it came from His own mouth. So there you have it. Timmy needs to come out on Saturday and be a frickin' leader that we didn't see out there tonight. The MVP Duncan that we know. Nuff said.

Go Spurs!

[timaios]

Dallas scored 46 pts in the 1st half. 46x2 = 92 pts.
I think the defense was ok. The Spurs can win a game with Dallas scoring 92 pts.
The problem was the 30 pts they scored in the 1st half !!!

[NewJerSpur]

No way I could ever root for Kobe. I'd have to root for the man child.

Kobe wins a ring, it's a quiet championship because although he's FINALLY proven he could win without Shaq (even though it took some possible collusion to put him in a position to do so) he'll want to "one-up" the Diesel and get back to work. If Lebron wins a ring....God/Allah/Bhudda help is all, you'll never hear the end of it.

Still, the Spurs aren't done yet!!!

[sprrs]

Dallas scored 46 pts in the 1st half. 46x2 = 92 pts.
I think the defense was ok. The Spurs can win a game with Dallas scoring 92 pts.
The problem was the 30 pts they scored in the 1st half !!!

What was the percentage the Mavs shot in the first half? I think it was something like 70%

[E20]

Pop made a joke of the Spurs suckiness and laughed it off. he should be mad and calling players out.